How Do I Customize my Homepage and Link My Blog

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pedageo
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Hello:
I have a couple of questions.
Question#1:
How can I redirect the default home page to show as a navigation option now that I have setup a static page to serve as my homepage? I still want my members and visitors to be able to access my blog from the main navigation and not just the footer now that I have made a static homepage.
Question #2:
How do I edit the three columns on my new static homepage to replace the default PageLines content that is located in the three columns underneath the features area? I am using the Feature Page - Standard template. When I edit the page. I do not see how to remove the default content and replace with my own.
Help on these two questions would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Shinshuri

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Danny+ 1,327

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Hi Shinshuri,
1. I think you may need to create a custom menu. I have provided you with a link to the Wordpress Codex article which has information on how to create a custom menu
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide
2. Your website has maintenance mode enabled therefore I am unable to see your issue. Can you either disable this plugin or take a screenshot of your page please.

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pedageo
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@ Danny
I have deactivated the maintenance mode to allow you to see what I am referring to. If you notice the home page is now the index page that shows when you visit my site. I made it static.
1. By default, the WhiteHousePro Theme forces the pages I publish to automatically show in the top menu bar so the custom menu options in WordPress do not work.
2. My blog has disappeared. I cannot locate the actual page for it to show on my site in the top navigation menu since I enabled the static home page in WordPress.
I can only reach it from the blog listing in the footer. I would like to have members and visitors access it from my top nav.
Check it out and let me know what I can do to resolve these issues.
Thanks,
Shinshuri

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catrina
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[quote]1. By default, the WhiteHousePro Theme forces the pages I publish to automatically show in the top menu bar so the custom menu options in WordPress do not work.[/quote]
This is strange. I don't think this should be happening. Did you double check to make sure that the custom menu you created is being set as the main navigation?
[quote]2. My blog has disappeared. I cannot locate the actual page for it to show on my site in the top navigation menu since I enabled the static home page in WordPress.[/quote]
To create a blog page, you need to create a new blank page called "Blog" and set it as the posts page in your Reading settings. When you visit http://yoursite.com/blog, you should see your posts on that page.

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pedageo
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@ Catrina:
Thank you for your input. It is helping me. However, I am currently using the main navigation for the WordPress Theme. I am not using custom menus. The last time I tried to use custom menus it was overridden by the WhiteHousePro main menu. I can try it again to see if I get the same issue.
Shinshuri

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pedageo
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@ Catrina:
I have already solved the issue you are referring to. I am talking about Question #2 in my original posting. I still need to resolve the issue with the [b]Feature Page - Standard[/b] template.

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pedageo
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Hi Danny:
I deactivated the maintenance plugin. You should be able to see the first page on my site www.pedageomedia.com. It is a static page and there are three columns with default Pagelines content underneath the features section. I would like to add my own content and images to those three columns, but I do not see how to do that in the theme customization panel.
Also, the default images disappeared and I don't know why. Will that cause problems when I add my own content?
Thanks,
Shinshuri

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pedageo
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Ok. Thank you Catrina! I understand now! There are two types of features: The slider and the boxes. It was hard to distinguish in the admin layout. As I thought both of the buttons were for the same features. Don't know why I thought that because the buttons clearly say: New Feature Slide and New Feature Box.
That's what happens when you make assumptions. Thanks for all your help. I am modifying the content now.